after the prime minister offers his resignation but the president refuses to accept it. and ivana trump donald trump s first wife and the mother of three of his children, has died aged 73. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka, after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. music. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapak
the p-word. new details show how trump was told over and over and over again his plot to overturn the election was not legal. plus a rare interview president biden shares a gloomy outlook with the associated press. americans are confused, upset and worried, but he blames covid caution and politics, not his policies. and the search is on for three americans missing in ukraine, three feared taken by russian forces. the plot that donald trump knew it was illegal and kept pushing his agenda. panel picks up the public work next week. hearing four will detail the campaign against people in areas where he lost. they walked through the country s badgering of the. the committee detailed how trump shopped for lawyer after lawyer and scheme after scheme. it led him to john eastman, and an election plot witnesses say was without constitutional merit and without a doubt, illegal. i said are you out of your f ing mind. no, that was pretty blunt. i said you re completely crazy. y
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This week, the war of elections in france and the uk, and a new round ofjaw jaw to try to bring peace to the middle east. To discuss that, four eminent jaw ers, British Conservative commentator alex deane, thomas kielinger, who writes for germanys die welt, agnes poirier, uk editor of marianne in france, and the american journalist and broadcasterjef mcallister. A warm welcome to you all. Lets begin with france. If Emmanuel Macron wins, what kind of france will we get . Nobody knows. We have seen him at the debate with Marine Le Pen. Marine le pen had a disastrous, car crash debate. He held the fort. He was relaxed and calm. So at least we know he is kind of president ial for a 39 year old. What do we know . His programme is pro business but also quite socially conscious. He is a centrist. The real thing is, of course, the general elections which will be taking place in june. We need to fill all the mps seats at the national assembly. It is the first time we might have a president with
Donald, you are a snivelling coward, Leave Heidi The Hell alone. Prime minister theresa may attends her last summit of eu leaders before brexit talks. Will britain really be landed with a 60 Billion Euro divorce bill . Well hearfrom berlin. Well speak to Donald Trumps preferred choice for uk ambassador to washington, nigel farage about his friendship with the president. And were in arkansas to hear from the voters the president calls the Forgotten Men And Women of america. Im katty kay in washington, christian frasers in london. Are we seeing the return of american hard power in the middle east . The United States has just sent some 400 troops to syria to fight against so called Islamic State. The deployment is made up of marines and army rangers who are there to help capture the is stronghold of raqqa. They reportedly arrived in the past few days to establish an outpost from which they will be able to fire artillery at is positions around 20 miles away. The White House Press Secretary